Month: February 2026

2026.02.11 ID: 735

The One Question That Separates the Good Vendors from the Dangerous Ones

I have spent years watching organizations waste thousands of hours on vendor security assessments that produce nothing but noise. They send out hundred-question questionnaires. They demand SOC 2 reports. They ask for ISO certifications. They request NIST maturity scores. And at the end of all that paperwork, they still have no idea if the vendor […]

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2026.02.07 ID: 709

A Good Manager vs a Political One

I have talked many times about management and why I believe a manager cannot be truly effective if s/he does not understand the details of what they are managing, but there is another part of management that I think is equally important and rarely discussed honestly: “Politics“. I grew up in a culture where keeping […]

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